Quid?
During the flight I watch some documentary programs on travel and people around the world. One of them was about Cordyceps Sinensis. It was so weird I had to check further.
It's a caterpillar fungus. A caterpillar that lives underground eats fungi and at some point of time the fungus develops in the caterpillar (which dies by the way) giving Cordyceps Sinensis.
Who cares?
Well a lot of people actually as this particular cordyceps is used in traditional Chinese medicine and believe it or not, its price on the market is higher than gold!
Some people make a whole living by pick-up the fungus and selling it. The whole story left me puzzled.
During the flight I watch some documentary programs on travel and people around the world. One of them was about Cordyceps Sinensis. It was so weird I had to check further.
It's a caterpillar fungus. A caterpillar that lives underground eats fungi and at some point of time the fungus develops in the caterpillar (which dies by the way) giving Cordyceps Sinensis.
Who cares?
Well a lot of people actually as this particular cordyceps is used in traditional Chinese medicine and believe it or not, its price on the market is higher than gold!
Some people make a whole living by pick-up the fungus and selling it. The whole story left me puzzled.
2 comments:
Seen them in Chinatown in the 'pharmacies'
Have you tried them?
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